Chapter 2Artificial IntelligenceAdding to Our Three Pounds
Thousands of years ago, humans learned to store what they could not consume. The move from hunter-gatherer groups to agricultural societies happened during the Stone Age, 10,000 years ago, only after humans developed and learned the use of storage.
Practice of Accumulation
Every year the Nile river basin used to flood by September, depositing fresh alluvial soils that helped to grow multiple crops. When the Egyptians developed a massive surplus of food grains, they built enormous granaries for storage. It gave them a reason to settle down in one location instead of moving from place to place for food. The earliest evidence of such storage has been found ...
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